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This is where I would rather have been today but with my luck it would likely have been cloudy... -- (link) - Meg Mar 20, 13:56 [flickr] 1
- The sun dagger is really, really cool. The rest of it is where Kirk fought the Gorn. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:58
Yeah WWE may have cleared him but I’m going to cringe every time Daniel Bryan takes a bump. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 13:56 2
- yup. and his history of hiding seizures makes it really scary -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 13:56 1
  - Supposedly his contract is up this year, but his non-compete would not have been up in time for the Cody/Young Bucks All In show. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 13:57
I probably just got spoiled by the spoiler that spoiled Crash below -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:52 4
- Hey Jack, I think you're thinking of Spawn -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:54 3
  - you post alike, it's hard to keep track -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:54 2
    - Spawn is a smart man -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:59
    - SPOILER! - eag Mar 20, 13:58
Apropos of the adoption poll below, I recently found out something sort of similar. Deep dark pmb family secret revealed through ancestry.com. - pmb Mar 20, 13:51 11
- I would guess that your sister's father is your mother's OB/GYN. Just because all of them had the same doctor doesn't mean he would have used the - jnine Mar 20, 20:10
- Whoa! -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 14:16
- good gravy -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 14:03
- whoa -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:55
- that is crazy. i wonder if it is possible your parents (both) didn't even know. -- nm* - Andie Mar 20, 13:55 2
  - We think it's at least possible. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 13:56 1
    - yeah, i mean, it wouldn't surprise me. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:57
- !!! If you were open to it, this sounds like it could be a story on the news. - Max Mar 20, 13:55 1
  - show of hands, how many folks want to pmb on Maury Povich? -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:56
- that's.. wow. I wonder how many others there could be who don't know, eep. -- nm - b. Mar 20, 13:55
- wow, that is surreal -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:53
uuuummmmmmmm -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 13:49 4
- Yeah, "no links to terrorism" = "angry white dude" -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 13:56
- If I were inclined to be cynical, I would say she means a white guy is suspected. Thank goodness, I'm not so inclined. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:51
- they must suspect a white dude. that is never terrorism. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:50 1
  - Stop that immediately. You are not allowed into my head. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:51
Good news Krusty, they've decreased our 12-16 estimated. - ty97 Mar 20, 13:27 4
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 13:53 1
  - AccuWeather on 1010 WINS keeps calling for 6-10 so maybe we luck out -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:54
- has it started yet? we were supposed to start at 2 and nothing. -- nm - amanda Mar 20, 13:37 1
  - There's a little precip moving in, but it's really not supposed to start until the early morning hours (like 4am) -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:37
Black Panther did 2.2M on Monday. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:22 1
- You’re welcome! -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 13:57
Game Night hilarious Give it an A- (spoilers) - Amoxy Mar 20, 13:21 4
- my wife said "buy this when it comes out on video" as we were walking out of the theater -- (edited) - just oblique Mar 20, 13:23
- agree to all of that. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:21 2
  - And I know every time I will hear a squeaky toy, I will get the giggles -- nm - Amoxy Mar 20, 13:26 1
    - LOL yeah for sure. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:39
Whoa. There are already some Infinity War spoilers out there. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:12 3
- I will burn down the entire internet if someone spoils it for me. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:17 2
  - I would deem it a minor spoiler, but it was a bit more than I cared to know. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:21
  - Considering what the Internet has become.... SPOILERS! - ty97 Mar 20, 13:18
Remember me saying Deadpool 2 was testing horribly? -- (link) - Spawn Mar 20, 13:08 1
- or you're just a lying liar! -- nm - decline Mar 20, 13:12
ST Poll - if you found out today you were adopted, how pissed are you at your parents? Scale 1 to 10 -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:03 25
- A friend knew he was adopted from early childhood, but until last year he couldn't get the sealed adoption opened in Pennsylvania. - TWuG Mar 20, 13:58
- Since I got my genetic test back and there is a 100% likelihood that I am my father's daughter, I don't think that'd happen. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 20, 13:45
- IDK maybe a 2? Unrelated but, in HS I found out my father had been married before. My parents mentioned it just randomly over breakfast. -- nm - MDH Mar 20, 13:36 2
  - i think that kind of news when you are teenager would be really mind blowing. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:39 1
    - my family are Vikings at dropping little important nuggets at random intervals. So good at keeping secrets. - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:42
- 0. In some ways, it's a miracle I'm even here to begin with. -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 13:22 2
  - But your brother? Not adopted. - Spawn Mar 20, 13:23 1
    - That would add some spice -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 13:28
- 7 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 13:21
- 1. I'm already pretty pissed with them. Being adopted would only improve things. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 13:19 1
  - :( -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 14:04
- 1, they took care of me -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:18
- I KNEW it!! -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 13:17
- 1 -- nm - JD Mar 20, 13:13
- 10 -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 13:12
- 9. In some ways it would explain a lot, but others it would be hard to believe. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:10
- I am the true Prince of Wales. That Charles guy is an impostor!! -- nm - peglegpete Mar 20, 13:09
- 11 -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:08
- Probably mid-range but considering the family resemblance, there's no way -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:07
- 10 major fury -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 13:05
- 1 or 2 (at this age) - decline Mar 20, 13:04
- 2 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 13:04
- 0 -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 13:04
- Given how much I look like my father at this age, I'd be wondering where his identical twin lives. -- nm - David Mar 20, 13:04
- i don't think i'd be angry. shocked, for sure. Pissed Rating: Maybe a 3? -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:03
At 2.6mill this is ridic priced, but its more in ty's price range. I like the old-timey stove in the kitchen. -- (link) - crash davis Mar 20, 13:01 7
- What's the WalkScore? -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:02 6
  - What is the Boating Score for what you were looking at? -- nm* - crash davis Mar 20, 13:03 5
    - It's near the East River AND the Hudson River - ty97 Mar 20, 13:07 4
      - No private dock? -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:19 3
        
        Considering my dislike of being on water, I'm cool with this. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:20 2
        
        You don't like snow and you don't like water? You definitely should consider northern Idaho. - crash davis Mar 20, 13:22 1
        
        Snow is fine. But not in March. - ty97 Mar 20, 13:28
The Harvard Political Review says there are four Democratic parties. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 12:55 2
- What is this, Canadia? -- nm - Beast of Baron Mar 20, 13:01 1
  - I dunno. But might as well blame them. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 13:21
I read this as 'smarter' -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 12:54 1
- Everyone in blue can drive better in the rain though. -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 12:56
*WANT* -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 12:52 24
- If I had $3.5M to drop on a home, I'm not living in NYC. - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:15 3
  - But the walk score is 100! -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 13:55
  - For just 10% more, I would buy this place in Buenos Aries -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 13:32 1
    - That's a lot of cleaning, but ... I'll allow it. - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:36
- That is amazing. At first I thought it was just little cottage on the roof for a measly 3.5m -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 13:05
- " The penthouse is a fourth-floor walkup — sorry, you get no elevator for your $3.5 million" let that sink in. - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:02 13
  - Yeah, no Central air in this day and age is weird. - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:16 11
    - not uncommon up north. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:18 1
      - Yup. I don't know many people with it and I'm talking about people with single family homes in Brooklyn. - Krusty Mar 20, 13:58
    - Not always the easiest thing in older buildings. -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 13:18 7
      - It looks like they could afford it. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:23 6
        
        the problem is if the ducts aren't there, they need to put through units you don't own to get to you. If there is even space for them at all. -- nm* - Andie Mar 20, 13:40 5
        
        Couldn't they put the units on the roof, and then do the duct work? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:49 3
        
        where are you going to put the ducts? there isn't space in the walls or the floors? -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:51 2
        
        the ceilings? - JaxSean Mar 20, 13:56
        
        (there are systems that they use - but they are really individual units that are put in room by room). - Andie Mar 20, 13:53
        
        (my building doesn't have central air for this reason - it can't be put in now, after the fact.) -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:41
    - the building probably doesn't have the duct work for it. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 13:17
  - The no a/c is the killer. Fourth floor walk-up is not ideal, but I could live with it. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 13:15
- This isn't a Model 3. -- nm - David Mar 20, 12:57
- at $3.5M you should buy 2 of them -- nm* - decline Mar 20, 12:56
- WANT - -- (link) - tie79 Mar 20, 12:56
- But being on the roof wouldn't it get more snow? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 20, 12:55
- that's amazing. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 12:54
The middle one in the picture at the top of this article has to be a joke/fake, right? -- (link) - znufrii Mar 20, 12:52 1
- Savage! -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 13:10
You Canadians have no idea how tough we have it as Americans. - crash davis Mar 20, 12:41 19
- LYC: Friend of mine is moving from Atlanta to Coeur d'Alene next month - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:49 14
  - France is beautiful - ty97 Mar 20, 12:50 11
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      - I knew Coeur d'Alene from 'Smoke Signals' and 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 13:37
      - What was the case for Coeur d'Alene? -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 13:24 1
        
        1997 -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 13:29
    - you're pretty. -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 12:51 5
      - Thanks but I already know that - ty97 Mar 20, 12:51 4
        
        I got your number, Hussy. -- nm - Latest Noreaster Mar 20, 13:17 3
        
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        * snickering* - Epiphany Mar 20, 13:40
        
        Oooh... -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 13:31
    - He should have said COE. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:51
  - I think its beautiful up there. I hope your friend loves it. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 12:50
  - on purpose??!? -- nm - decline Mar 20, 12:50
- LOL snow -- nm - JaxSean Mar 20, 12:43 1
  - not event he fluffy pretty kind :( -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 12:50
- East Coasters are all a bunch of snowflakes -- nm - Bacon Mar 20, 12:43 1
  - I don't think so, because then the sight of themselves would freak themselves out. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 12:46
Re: Facebook: I think people are generally fine with their data being used to sell them t-shirts or appliances. - Dignan Mar 20, 12:40 2
- It's part of a larger issue with the internet today. People stretch facts and truths to support any nonsensical argument. - David Mar 20, 12:51 1
  - If CA broke the law, they should be prosecuted - Strongbad Mar 20, 13:00
Staying in ingersoll, so that probably won’t work well. heh. And all of that is assuming the weather doesn’t wreck my trip. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 12:40 2
- B2 - Thursday afternoon is iffy for me as well. What time are you heading down to Ingersoll? -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 12:44 1
  - Leaving about 4-ish I guess? Maybe a bit earlier. - Beryllium Mar 20, 12:55
CA suspends CEO Alexander Nix -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 12:40 3
- NIX NIXED -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 13:06
- They'll fire a few people, change their name then pick up exactly where they left off with increased security and vetting. nm - Dignan Mar 20, 12:42
- somebody has to be the fall guy -- nm - decline Mar 20, 12:40
Good news DC!!! -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 12:31 15
- mon dieu! My morning flight still shows On Time. -- nm - Max Mar 20, 13:57
- Mother fricker! -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 12:43
- This is what worries me -- (link) - decline Mar 20, 12:40 8
  - shut your mouth -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 12:42 7
    - Cantore? Take it to the bank. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:43
    - it's all Jim Cantore's fault! -- nm - decline Mar 20, 12:43 5
      - charging everything tonight. Even the backup phone charger. - ty97 Mar 20, 12:47 4
        
        ...vibrators... -- nm - Diva Mar 20, 12:52 3
        
        That's something that we don't have enough posts about -- nm - JD Mar 20, 13:15 2
        
        there's just not that much buzz about them. -- nm - b. Mar 20, 13:25 1
        
        *snort* - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 13:34
- Supposed to almost all be rain here. -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 12:34 1
  - LOFL. At lunch we had nothing, and figured we still didn't. I just looked out the window. Mini blizzard. Melting on the ground, though. -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:35
- A few Justice League DVDs have actually been sold? -- nm - Spawn Mar 20, 12:33
- Woohoo! Bring it -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 12:31

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